Laken
- Pronunciation
- [La-ken]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Not recorded
- Origin
- American
Laken is a name traditionally given to a girl of American origin. Our sources do not preserve a single agreed-upon literal translation for this particular name, so we list its meaning as unrecorded rather than guess at one. Browse more American baby names or search the full library by meaning.
Laken Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 5,982 baby girls have been named Laken. The name peaked in 1991 with 232 US births that year (rank #862). In 2024, ranked #1218 nationally — 356 places below its 1991 peak.
Top States for Laken
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Laken births are: Mississippi (443), Texas (386), Kentucky (334).
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5-Letter Names Starting with L
Names with Laken's exact length and starting letter: Laban, Labib, Labid, Lacee, Lacey.
Quick Facts About Laken
US Popularity History (2025–2025)
Annual US births named Laken by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 256 girls named Laken (girl rank #990 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Laken Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Laken the strongest states are West Virginia, Mississippi, Kentucky.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Virginia | #241 | 23 |
| 2 | Mississippi | #502 | 40 |
| 3 | Kentucky | #528 | 60 |
| 4 | Arkansas | #560 | 30 |
| 5 | Alabama | #603 | 71 |
| 6 | South Carolina | #679 | 27 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | #682 | 39 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | #688 | 31 |
| 9 | Missouri | #696 | 35 |
| 10 | Tennessee | #709 | 98 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania | #880 | 43 |
| 2 | North Carolina | #837 | 45 |
| 3 | Louisiana | #801 | 44 |
| 4 | Virginia | #784 | 58 |
| 5 | Indiana | #784 | 33 |
| 6 | Tennessee | #709 | 98 |
| 7 | Missouri | #696 | 35 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | #688 | 31 |
| 9 | Wisconsin | #682 | 39 |
| 10 | South Carolina | #679 | 27 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Laken in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Laken to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Laken against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).